Epidemiological study of psoriasis in the national health insurance database in Taiwan

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 262-266

  Chang, Yun Ting ^a,b   Chen, Tzeng Ji ^a,b   Liu, Pei Chi ^a   Chen, Yu Chun ^a,b   Chen, Yi Ju ^a,c   Huang, Yu Lin ^a,b   Jih, Jaw Shyang ^a,b   Chen, Chih Chiang ^a,b   Lee, Ding Dar ^a,b   Wang, Wen Jen ^a,b   Lin, Ming Wei ^a,b   Liu, Han Nan ^a,b,d  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Epidemiology; Health insurance; Psoriasis; Taiwanese

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; COLECALCIFEROL DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; DITHRANOL; ETANERCEPT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; METHOTREXATE; PSORALEN; RETINOID; TACROLIMUS; TAR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PREVALENCE; PSORIASIS; TAIWAN;

EID: 66749147826     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0642     Document Type: Article

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